Apparatus for forming glassware



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George Rowe, Wethersfie'ld, C'onn., assignor to Hartford-Empire Company, Hartford, Conn.,-..a corporation of Delaware Application September 13, 1941, SerialNo. 410,741 I plunger.

1 scribed, such 18 Claims. (Cl. 49- 59 7 This invention relates to the manufacture of articlesof glassware, such as bottles, jars and other containers.

The invention is primarily concerned with .im-

7 ward movement of the latter in the forming unit,

and thereafter to move the plunger upwardly to its glass charge contacting position from which it will be moved upward for its next pressing stroke. This downward retraction of the plunger movements in apparatus f rm glass after its pressing stroke provides clearance for charges i o hollowfglass J00dieS,-eSpB9ia11y hollow bodily movement of the neck .mold to transfer the Da ha neck fi h finished m D pressed hollow parison along a desired path to :an tions at the open ends thereof. adjacent, laterally Spaced station at which such The i v n p v improvements i flpp parison is to receive further treatment 'or hanratus over the apparatus and methods of y 10 dling. I p n in prior pplication, Serial No- 52 Another object of the invention is to provide filed July 19, 19.39, for Method of and apparatus improved .means for and a novel way of cooling o s glassware, on which Patent the interior or the pressing plunger to controlthe 2,289,046 was granted on July 7, 4 temperature of the glass contacting portion In my aforesaid prior application, .I disclose thereon means for and methods of forming glas 011317585 .A furtherobject of the invention is to provide into hollow glass pansons by a procedure Whmh novel and .efiective meansfor aligning the press-J the delivery 9501151101} Qharge a ing plunger withthe cooperative molding par-ts P agency .dhwnwamly mm 1 pansoh of the parison forming unit and for maintaining forming unit comprising an inverted parison body 20 such alignment during :each parison forming oppress mold and an inverted neck mold at the eratiom lower end of t body Press mold- Accordmg to A further object of the invention is to provide this procedurei downward mohement reliable and eflicient means of simple construceharge is checked at ,a predetermined l el Wlth' tion for indicating as each charge is pressed into the formmg P a the g 18 a hollow glass .parison whether or not the presspmted Emmy axls by tapering ing plunger that is being used is correctly located PQrmOn verb-many movable phessmg when it has completed its pressing stroke.

plunger while f hhechahge the penphehy Other objects and advantages of the invention thereof may "shhh or h the will hereinafter Joe-pointed out or will be'obvieus ichalfge 15 used as an ehhty h y from the following-description of structural leman upward axial movement of the plunger m the bodi-ments of the present invention as shown in forming unit to press from Whhih the'chargepa'rt the accompanying drawings and of the use of glass e ihto molding Contact with the thereof to form mold chargels into hollow glass internal walls .of the inverted parison body press bodies mold and to displace the remainder of the glass i d of the charge downwardly into molding contact h fl h p a with the walls of the space around the plunger 1 h l sechhh h h an h h 7 within the neck mold The hollow pal-Eon thus of a :135115011 formmg unit; ncluding a vertical i formed may be transferred by .a bodily movement Pressing Plunger, togeifhehwlth Improved n of the neck mold to another station at which the p vided by the invention for guidmg, positioning parison may be formed in a final blow mold into 4 nd opera in h p n e f r cooling w an article of the final shape desired, the parison plunger, and for efiecting and maintaining desirpress mold of course havinafi b n p ne o able alignment of the plunger with the coopernermit such bodily movement of the neck mold ative molding parts of theparison forming unit and 0f e Pfi fi p f' Y during parison forming operations, the viewhe Y An object of the present invent on .15 to provide mg approximately along the line indicated at an improved structure for guiding, .po -l-l of Fig. 2 but including parts of the assembly aha hung the pressing plunger of apparatus which have been omitted from Fig. 2- for forming hollow glass parisons or hollow bodies Fig! 2 is a planview of the neck mold and accordlhg' t; 'gggg s g ggff ggg gg: derlyi parts of the aforesaid assembly, show. l ing particularly the locking means for clamping structed and arranged to reti act the plung r v downwardly after each pressing stroke thereof to h h l n h qe g P u guid' a level below that'at whichthe-plunger tip first lng means together in vertically aligned relation contacts with the glass charge to check .downfor the pariso fo min ope ation;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view, substantially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing a detail of the clamping means;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of part of the assembly of Fig. 1, taken on a vertical plane different from that of Fig. 1. showing structural provisions of the invention for supplying air to the interior of the forming unit at one stage in the operation of forming a hollow parison;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, partly in elevation and partly in vertical section, showing the plunger position indicating provisions of the plunger guiding and operating mechanism;

Fig. 6 is an elevation of a fragmentary portion of the plunger guiding and operating mechanism, showing the plunger position indicating provisions as they appear when viewed from the plane indicated by the line 66 of Fig. 5;

Figs. 7 to 12, inclusive, are fragmentary vertical sectional views which respectively show the respective positions of different relatively movable parts of the parison forming and plunger guiding, positioning and operating assembly, substantially as shown in the preceding views, at a number of dilferent stages in the complete operationoi' forming a charge of molten glass into a hollow parison by the use of such assembly;

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing a modified form of structure, the view showing the pressing plunger at the end of a pressing stroke thereof;

Fig. 14 is another view of the structure of Fig. 13,.showing the relationship of the relatively movable parts thereof when the plunger is in its downwardly retracted position to permit removal of the neck mold and hollow parison for transfer and inversion of such parison, the view showing also by dot-and-dash lines the position of the tip of the plunger after it has been raised from such downwardly retracted position to a glass charge contacting position in the parison body press mold;

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a modified form of structure which includes an adapter ring for use in converting the structure of Figs. 13 and 14. into a structure adapted to include and make use of a pressing plunger similar to that of the Fig. 1 form of structure;

Fig. 16 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view, showing a further modified form of cooperative neck mold and plunger guiding, positioning and operating mechanism, including a novel combination neck mold and neck thimble unit, the View showing the pressing plunger in its lowermost retracted position and such neck mold and thimble unit removed from the plunger guiding and positioning mechanism;

Fig. 17 is a view generally similar to Fig. 16 but showing the neck mold and thiinble unit seated on the pressing plunger guiding, positioning and operating structure and the pressing plunger in its upwardly projected, pressing position within the press mold.

An assembly of parts provided in accordance with the present invention may rest upon a supporting base i, Fig. 1, which may be the base of a complete glassware forming machine (not shown). A socket member 2 stands upon the base I and may be positioned and secured against displacement from the desired position thereon by any suitable means, 'as by the fastening devices indicated at 3 and 4, respectively.

' A vertically disposed pneumatic cylinder 1 has a lower head portion 8 provided with a depending tubular axial extension 9 which depends into the vertical bore of the socket member 2. The tubular member 9 may be provided with external screw threads for engagement, as at [0, with the threaded wall of a central opening in an annular cover member or cap H which closes the upper part of the socket member 2 around tubular extension 9 and is retained in place in the socket member by suitable means, represented by the pin 12. The arrangement is such as to support the pneumatic cylinder 1 in vertical position at a height above the base I which can be adjusted vertically Within limits. The vertical adjustment of the cylinder 1 may be effected by rotating an inclined rotary adjusting rod 5, Fig. 1, which has a toothed lower end portion 5a in mesh with an integral bevel gear portion Ila of the annular cover member or cap I I. The inclined rod 5 may have a reduced lower end portion 517 journaled in a bearing portion 2a of the socket member 2, and may extend through the frame structure, shown in dot-and-dash lines and indicated generally at 6, ofthe glassware forming machine. The extreme upper end portion of the rod may be made non-circular, as indicated at 50, for engagement with a suitable tool (not shown) by which the rod 5 may be turned about its axis.

The pneumatic cylinder I is provided with a top head 13 which may also constitute the bottom part of an upstanding open-topped cylindrical holder I4. This holder is designed to accommodate various forms of pressing plunger guiding and positioning units. One such unit, as shown in Fig. 1, comprises a cylindrical plunger guide consisting of concentric outer and inner cylindrical members 15 and [6, respectively, the inner cylindrical member closely fitting within the outer. This plunger guide is disposed within the cylindrical holder [4 in concentric relation with the latter, as by the close fit of an externally enlarged upper portion I! of the cylindrical guide with a counterbored upper end portion N3 of the cylindrical holder.

A pressing plunger l9 having a tapering tip 20 has its body enlarged at one or more places, as at 2| and 22, Fig. 1, to provide bearing surfaces in close sliding contact with the internal wall of the cylindrical plunger guide. This plunger is bored out at its center line at 23 from its butt end. nearly to its tip, such bore being enlarged at the butt end and provided with screw threads at 24 for engagement with the reduced externally threaded upper end portion of a piston rod 25. The piston rod is carried by a piston 26 which fits slidably within the pneumatic cylinder 1 and is reciprocable in the latter to move the plunger vertically to the difierent positions required for carrying the present invention into effect, as hereinafter will be more particularly described.

The piston 26 is provided with a number of spaced open-topped sockets 21 in its top surface, arranged in a circle around the axis of the piston. A downwardly spring pressed detent or locking pin 28 is carried by the upper cylinder head IS in position to enter and engage with any one of these sockets 21 when the piston has been forced completely to the upper end of the cylinder 1, whereby to lock the piston and piston rod to the cylinder head so that the plunger l8 can be grasped and turned manually to screw it onto the piston rod or to remove it for replacement by another pressing plunger when desired.

The piston rod 25 passes through a bearing member 29 located within a bearing casing 30 which fits within a central opening 3| in the cylinder head [3 and is secured in place in any suitable manner, as by cap screws such as that shown at 32. The bearing member 29 may have aslight lateral floating movement in anydirec tion in relation to the bearing casing but packing rings, as attig'are provided betweenthe bearing member 2a and its-casing 30 to prevent leakage of pressure fluid through this bearing assembly. The purpose of this type of bearing structure for the iston rod'ls'to permit slight relative lateral movement between the plunger supporting piston rod; piston: and cylindrical pistonguide, on the one hand, and the plunger supporting and operating structure, on the-other, should such. relative lateral movement be required to prevent binding or undesirable friction between adjacent relatively movable parts ofthe assembly when the plunger isreeiprocated in accinately aligned relation with the cooperative molding parts of the associate parison forming The cylindrical plunger guide .may' depend within the cylindriealhclder l4 to'the floor of. the latter in spaced relation with the inner side wall of such holder. The cylindrical plunger guide may be partially cut away or slottedvertically from the lower end thereof for part ofits height, as indicated at 34 in Fig. l, to provide a clearance for radial ears 35 on aplunger lifting disk 36 which is disposed withinthe cylindrical holder M at the bottom of the latter. A spring pressed sleeve 3.! surrounds the lower portion of the cylindrical plunger guide within the-holder l4- and is integral with orjoined in anyother suitable manner to the ears 35 on the plunger lifting disk 36. A coil spring .38surrounds the sleeve 31 between the flanged upper end of such sleeve and a stationary thrust ring 39 which is located in the bottom part of the cylindrical holder is around the lower end portion of the vertically slotted cylindrical plunger guide. A spacer ringll] of a predetermined height is disposed within the cylindrical guide between the butt end of the plunger l9 and the disk 36.

A vertically adjustable stop screw M is threaded through the flanged upper portion of the cylindrical guide into the annular space between the holder i4 and suchguide in the path of upward movement of the flanged upper end of the sleeve in the holder, for a purpose to be presently described.

The cylindrical plunger guide is provided at its top with a suitably configured annular seat42, which may be obtusely angled in cross-sectional configuration as shown. A complementarily configured portion d3 of a thimble M is adapted to fit this seat accurately when a neck ring 45, by which. such thimble is carried, is brought to an operative position with respect to the plunger guide. This neck mold may be formed of half sections, as is usual, such half sections being carried and operated by suitable holders, not shown, such for example as those of the Hartford-Em- .pire I. S. forming machine, as disclosed in the Ingle patent, 1,911,119, granted May 23, 1933. The halves oi the neck mold have internal horizontal grooves as at 55, Fig. 1, into which a flange ample, as those providedfor theblank' m'o'ld halves of the Hartford-Empire I. S. machine" as disclosed in the aforesaid Ingle Patent-'1', 9 Il,1I9.

The body mold 41 is locked't'o the-neck .mold by the engagement as. its halves 'with theineekmold when the body. mold halves are closed about the closed neck mold and thusis aligned Wlthlthfi latter to provide in conjunction. therewith a molding cavity JB-havingthe portionthereof that is located in the neck mold internallygrooved,.as at 49, to former, neck finish portionof the article that is to be made. The cavity within the body mold 41 is temporarily open. at its top to permit downward passageof a charge of molten glass thereto atter which the molding cavity isrclosed at its top bya suitablebottomplate or closure member, indicated at 5B; The lattcr may be supported and moved operatively 1n suitably timed relations with the. movements of the other parts of the, parison forming unit by structuresueh as is ,disclosedin the InglePatent, 1,911,119 for supporting and operating the blank mold bottom plate or bailie of the Hartford-Empirel.HS. machine. I

The bottom plate 50'. thebody mold and the neck mold 45 will be secured together inalignment by their co-engaging portions, asis usual in the case of a glassware formingmachine of the type disclosed in the .I'ngle patent. Whenv the neck mold and thimble assembly is disposed upon theupper end of the plunger guide, asabov described, accurate alignment of such assembly with the plunger guide and hence with the vertically reciprocablepressing plunger l9v in the latter may be securedandm'aintained by the use of suitablelocking means, such, for example, as that hereinafter described.

Locking mednsfo'r the plunger guide-'and assc ciate mold parts Means for aligning and lockingftogetherthe aligned plunger guide and associate mold parts during formation of a charge in'to'a hollow parison may comprise a pair-of clamping leversil, Fig. 2', which are pivotally mounted upon an up standing stud or shaft 52 which is carried by a laterally extending bracket portion 53 of the cy1- indrical holder M. The levers H are provided intermediate their endsat their inner sides with arcu'ate clamping jaws 54 having grooves 55 (one shown in Fig. 3) in the confronting faces thereof adapted to receive and closely engage and bias to aligned positions the superposed o positely beveled flanged portions 56 and 5! of the plunger guide and the thimble 44', respectively, if these arts should not already be aligned at the time they are engaged by said jaws. A heavy coil spring 58', Figs. I and 2, connects the free ends oi'the levers 5i and is under tension suflicie'nt to 'Qihe plunger guide and the reciprocable plunger,

being maintained in alignment withthe' neck mold, may likewise be displaced slightly in a lateral direction'if required by the closing of the body mold-halves about the neck mold. These connected-parts willbe axially aligned when they are in their assembled positions as shown in- Fig. '1, forexamplc The jaw's il may be -releasably attached to the levers so that they may be removed and replaced by other suitably shaped jaws when difierent plunger guiding and molding units are employed. As shown in Fig. 3, each jaw 54 has a stud 59 extending through an oversized opening 60 in its supporting clamping lever 5!. A suitable releasable fastening means, such as the washer 6 l, a spring 62 and the nut 63 on the stud 59 may be employed to maintain the jaw 54 attached to its lever 5i and to permit it to pivot or move universally against a curved bearing surface at 54a to assure operative engagement of the law with the parts which are to be aligned and locked together by such engagement.

It is necessary to open the jaws 54 to permit removal of the neck mold for transfer of the parison at an appropriate time in the cycle of glassware forming operation. The supporting frame structure 6 may be provided at appropriate places with short vertical shafts 64, Figs. 1 and 2, carrying crank arms 65 provided with actuating pins 66 for engaging and actuating releasing levers 61. The shafts 64 may be actuated by any suitable means (not shown) to swing the crank arms 65 carried thereby about the axes of such shafts. The releasing levers 61 are pivoted intermediate their ends on vertical pivot elements 68 so that rollers 89 on the inner ends of these levers bear against the inner faces of the free ends of the clamping levers 5| while the opposite ends of the releasing levers lie in the paths of movement of the pins 66 on the crank arms 65. Thus, when the pins 66 are moved by their crank arms 65 from the full line positions of Fig. 2 to the dotted line positions of the same view, these pins will engage the outwardly turned outer end portions 10 of the releasing levers and will move them to the dotted line positions indicated in Fig. 2, thereby actuating the releasing levers to force the clamping levers 5| away from each other suflicientiy to release the neck mold halves so that such halves may be moved bodily with the thimble carried thereby in a generally vertical direction.

The holder 14 of the plunger guiding, positioning and operating mechanism may extend through a horizontal stationary frame ring H, Fig. 1, which may be sufficiently large internally to provide a slight clearance space between it and such holder. A key 12 removably carried by the ring ll projects into a vertical keyway 13 in one side of the holder and cooperates with the latter to retain the holder and the connected parts against accidental or unintended rotary movements while permitting vertical adjustment thereof. The key may be removed to permit disassembly of the connected parts of the plunger guiding, positioning and operating mechanism.

The cavity of the body mold is shaped in relation to the shape of the tapering tip portion of the pressing plunger and the dimensions of these parts and of the glass molding space within the neck mold are predetermined and selected with relation to one another to form a glass charge of a predetermined size into a hollow parison having definite internal and external configurations. Preferably, the cavity of the body mold is slightly constricted at a predetermined level between the upper and lower ends thereof so as to flare somewhat in both upward and downward directions from this place of restriction. The bottom plate or bafile receiving portion of the body mold, above the cavity 48, may be upwardly enlarged, as indicated at 14 in Fig. 1, to serve ,as, a funnel for guiding a charge axially down- 8 wardly into the glass forming cavity of the body mold. The configuration of the cavity of the body mold cooperates with the tapering tipped plunger to assure symmetrical distribution of the glass of the charge in the mold cavity at the time of contact of the lower end of the charge with the tip of the plunger at the charge contact-- ing position indicated at 15 in Fig. 1, and thereafter as the plunger is moved upwardly on its pressing stroke to a pressing position, indicated at 16 in Fig. 1.

Plunger operating provisions 1 The upward movement of the plunger from its charge contacting position 15 for a pressing stroke thereof is effected by admitting air or other fluid under pressure to the cylinder 1 below the piston 26 therein. This operating pressure fluid may be supplied from a supply line 11 through a valve 18, a pressure fluid delivery pipe 16, and a branch delivery pipe 19a, the latter communicating with the interior of the cylinder I at the bottom of the latter. The valve 18 is shown in Fig. 1 as comprising a casing 18a in which is disposed a slide valve constructed and arranged to provide communication between the pressure fluid supply line l1 and the pressure fluid delivery pipe 19 and to shut off" communication between an exhaust line 8| and a pressure fluid return pipe 1% when the valve member 80 is in one position in the valve casing. The valve member 80 will provide communication between the return pipe 19b and the exhaust line 8| and will shut off communication between the line 1'! and the pressure fluid delivery line 19 when such valve member is in another position in the valve casing. A valve stem 82 projects from one end of the valve casing onto a cam 83, against which it is pressed by a spring 84 located between the valve member 80 and the opposite end of the valve casing. When the stem 82 is on the high part of the cam 83, as shown, the valve member 80 is in its first named position in the casing 18 and when the stem 82 is on the low part of the cam, the valve 80 will be in its second position in the casing.

The valve structure shown in Fig. 1 and as described is intended to represent any suitable valve structure and its operating mechanism. In actual practice, the valve controlling the supply and exhaust of air or other pressure fluid to and from the lower part of the cylinder 1 and oper-; ating mechanism therefor preferably would be similar to those which are included in the Hart ford-Empire I. S. forming machine and are disclosed in the aforesaid Ingle Patent 1,911,119.

A valve 85 is shown in Fig. 1 as being similar in construction and mode of operation to the valve l8 and as controlled by a cam 86. This valve 85 is operatively connected with a branch 81 of the pressure fluid supply line H. At its side opposite its conection with the pipe 81, the valve 85 is connected by a pressure fluid delivery pipe 88 with a passage 89 in the wall of the cylinder 1. This passage communicates with the interior of the cylinder 1 at the upper end of the latter, above the piston 26. A pressure fluid return branch 88a of the pipe 88 communicates withthe valve 85 at one side thereof. An exhaust pipe 90 communicates with the valve 85 at a place opposite the connection of such valve with the pipe 88a. The arrangement is such that pressure fluid will pass from the line 81 through the valve 85 to the pipe 88 and the passage 89 to the upper end of the cylinder 1 when the stem 9 41 i ssmissereeses el e s eepe Lethe valve 85 is on the high part of; ea. heue 9 ses use fluid has; t shee e of the et ns r th eseh east o t time t re rn line-85.9 sein v and exhaust. ne 99 wi l take siege wheeth s em 1 92 t e 519W pe t 9.; he emsfiin the e s ei. t e val e 18 the alve 5 end its e etisss ee eeh sest eehte tit e9; suit ble t e ere s us ie e entit e, s that i i ie s ee n th Hertiers Em ir si nalin .me hee v s disc osed he I so e Petentmihllelhe pree sse 1. mm eetsete e ew we sl st oke f the n tsm 12s he sees. e t r-etree h. he pleases item its s immes er P esses no. ie i Be t the eheree s e tiee. peeities 15 t9 9l ssi es lwh w he-t sm g the neck-mold clearance position of the p ldhg eij and Wh eh may be t hesit en sh wn e the plunger in Fig. 1. 'When the plunger reaches its charge meoeivi g posit-ion $1.5. (1ur ir 1g--itsgilqtynstroke, its huttend willv contact Withifihtifldhhfll ed e of the spaeer ring 110.: whieh ests poor: the plunger liftingmesher-or disk 36. The latt ris held at .thisstime in an elevated position-by the action of the spring :38 which has t me the sleeve 3?! upwardly until its flan ed. upper. end is v in conteet with the ediustable stone c ew A The further downwasd movement of t esie ii ser -in ;resp0nse tomthe aetuatioh .Qfth pistq lfi by the pnessune. fluid inthe upnershent Of the. 93. derr 1 will move the plunger. liftin d sk 3.5 and its .cohheoted sleeye 1.31 downwardly a ainst he resistance of" the spring @8, which :iSqihfiKftPS .compressed, :until thesesparts resell .he;-ppsit o.ns showh-bytheiull-iiees in Eig. 1. This. as sto e: said, is. the position or the plun er; at which ample cleeizance is vprcmided for bodi y-1.13 ment, of the heck moldtrom, the @unserssisle .totransfer the hollow n risonto e v etes ly spaced station :for iurthe1: shape, ipxm h t ee-t:

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Plunger cooling provisions Eflicient formation of successive charges into hollow glass parisons will be aided if the glass contacting portion of the plunger is maintained at a temperature which is most suitable for the purpose and which is as nearly uniform throughout the glass contacting surface of the plunger as can be obtained. The invention provides a novel means for and a novel way of, cooling the plunger internally, by which such temperature can be efiectively regulated and controlled.

As shown in Fig. 1, a. liquid discharge pipe "II is provided in the bore of the plunger and extends from the lower part of said plunger nearly to the tip of the latter in slightly spaced relation with the wall of the plunger bore. The lower part of the plunger bore may be enlarged at I02 to provide a drainage chamber which has inclined drainage passages I03 in the butt end of the plunger around the connected end portion otthe piston rod. The discharge pipe IOI may be threaded into the bore of tne piston rod, the latter being hollow as indicated at I04. The drainage passages I03 discharge into the interior oi the cylindrical plunger guide so that liquid discharged from these passages I03 may pass to the bottom part of the cylindrical holder, from which they may be drained by a final drain pipe I05. The latter may lead to any suitable place at which the liquid is to be delivered.

A stationary pipe I06 extends upwardly from the socket 2 through a packing I01 in the lower part of, the tubular extension 9 below tne cylinder head 8 into the bore of the reciprocable piston rod, such tube I05 being closed at its lower end by contact with the bottom wall of the socket member 2 or in any other suitable manner. A latoral intake port Hi8 in the tube I05 communicates with a liquid supply passage I09 in the socket member 2. A liquid delivery pipe I I is connected with the socket 2 in communication with the passage I09. The pipe H0 leads from the delivery port III of a cooling liquid control valve H2. A cooling liquid supply line I I3 is connected with the valve H2 and includes a flow regulator H4.

The valve H2 includes a movable valve member H5 cooperative with a valve seat H5 in the valve to permit or prevent communication between the supply line H3 and the delivery port III, according to the position of the valve member H5. A spring I I7 tends to maintain the valve member H5 on its seat so as to shut off communication between the lines I I3 and I I0. The valve member H5 has a stem H8 extending through a packing H9 into a chamber I20 in which a piston I2i is slidably disposed and is normally maintained by a spring I22 at the end of the chamber I20 away from the valve stem I I8. Air under pressure may be admitted to the chamber I20 at the side of the piston I2I opposite the valve stem to move the piston longitudinally of the chamber I20 sufficiently to contact and move the valve stem H8 as required to open communication between the lines H3 and H0. This actuation of the piston IZI preferably is effected simultaneously with each upward or pressing movement of the Plunger, as by air passing to the chamber I20 from a branch I23 of the air supply line 19 at the time the valve I8 is actuated to supply air to the cylinder 1 he'- neath the piston 26.

The plunger cooling means just described may be used to supply a regulated quota of cooling liquid, such as water, to the interior of the plunger at each pressing stroke of the plunger. Liquid may drain from the plunger through the continuously open drainage passages in the lower end portion of the upright plunger. The amount of the intermittently delivered quotas of cooling liquid may be regulated by the regulator I I4 in the water line I I3. It has been found in actual practice that this mode of cooling permits a. relatively wide range and efiective control of the temperature of the glass contacting portion of the plunger. The cooling arrangement and mode of use also make the cooling passages of the plunger selfcleaning.

Air for puff blowing and other uses.

The improved plunger operating mechanism of the present invention also includes means for supplying air under pressure to the interior of the forming unit or to the interior of the hollow glass parison therein, if desired. As shown in Fig. 4, an air supply passage I24 is formed in a wall of the cylinder I in communication with a passage I25 in the wall of the cylindrical holder I4. At its upper end, the passage I25 communicates through an annular passage I26 in the inner periphery of the holder H4 with inclined passages I21 in the cylindrical plunger guide. These passages I21 are in open communication at their upper ends with the space within the thimble 44. Air may be supplied to the passage I24 and thence to the communicating passages referred to at an appropriate time from an air delivery line l2B under the control of a valve I29. The latter may be actuated by a cam I30, as in the case of the valves 18 and shown in Fig. 1, so that air from a source of supply, indicated by the line I3I, may pass through the valve I29 to the line I28 and thence to the passage I24 when the stem I32 of a valve member (not shown) in the valve I29 is on a certain portion of the cam I30. Communication between the lines I31 and I28 will be shut off by the valve I29 when the'stem IE2 is on a dififerent portion of the cam. If desired, provisions similar to those shown for the valves I8 and 85 may be made for exhausting air from the communicating passages I24, I25, etc. In actual practice, the valve controlling the supply of air to and through the passages I24, I25, etc., preferably would be constructed and controlled as disclosed in the aforesaid Ingle Patent 1,911,119. The valve structure shown in Fig. 4 is intended to represent any suitable valve structure for controlling the supply of air under pressure for puff blowing of parisons that have been formed in the forming unit or for any other useful purpose.

In practice, it may be desirable to apply air through the provisions just described to the hollow parison at or immediately after the withdrawal of the plunger to prevent sticking of any portion of the glass to the plunger, to prevent collapse of any portion of the glass body or even to expand such body slightly.

Parison forming operations by use of structure substantially as so far described Figures '7 to 12, inclusive, illustrate such a structure as diiierent component parts thereof appear at a number of different stages in a complete cycle of operations. The parts of the assembly shown in Figs. 7 to 12, inclusive, are indicated amuse by the reference numerals hereinbetore used when they are identical in all respects with parts that have been hereinbeforedescribedand identi'fied by such reference numerals. The same ref erence numerals primed are applied topartsof the assembly of each of Figs. 7 to 12, inclusive, when they are the same in structure and function with parts previously described and identified by such reference numerals but differ slightly in appearance or immaterial details from the latter.

Referring to Fig. 7, the plunger i9 is in its lowermost or neck-mold clearance position. The neck mold 45', and the thimble S4 within such neck mold are moving toward positions to seat the thimble on the seat 42 at the top of the cylindrical plunger guide. At this time, the spring pressed sleeve 3'! is at the lower end of its path of vertical movements and the spring 38' is compressed. The body mold halves are open.

In Fig. 8, a charge I33 is descending axially through the funnel portion M of the body mold 41 toward the underlying cavity of such mold, the latter being closed around the neck mold 45- which in turn is closed aroundthe thimble 44', the latter being now located upon the seat 42' at the top of the cylindrical plunger guide. The plunger I9 is in its glass charge receiving position, in which it projects through the neck mold to a predetermined level above the glass engaging or internally grooved portion of such neck mold.

Fig. 9 shows the charge I33 supported as an entity upon the tip of the plunger [9 within the constricted intermediate portion of the body mold cavity and below the lower or glass f'ormingsurface of the bottom baffie 50, which is now in its seated position in the upper part of the body mold. Itw-ill be noted that the glass charge is symmetrically disposed with relation to the molding walls of the cavity of the body mold and with relation tothe space surrounding the plunger between by the supporting contact of the plunger tip-with glass of the charge at the axis of such charge. The glass of the charge may shift or creep downwardlyon the plunger tip at the peripheral portion of the charge and relatively to all external heat-extracting or glass chilling surfaces. The moldingparts and the-plunger guide are locked together in aligned relation by the clamping jaws indicat'edin dot-and-dash lines at 54'.

Fig. 10 shows the plunger at the end of its upwardor pressing stroke by which part of the glass of the charge has been pressed between the plunger and the wall of the cavity in the body mold and the remainder of the glass of the charge has been forced downwardly into the neck mold to' form' a neck finish portion at the lower end of an inverted hollow glass parison, designated I31.

At'the-stage of operation shown in Fig. 1 1, the halves of the body mold may have been opened slightly or cracked. the bottom balile has been removed and is not shown. Air under pressure is beingapplied, by pufi blowing or otherwiseto theinterior of the hollow parison, now designated I35, to slightly expand or develop the latter or toprevent sagging of any portion thereof; The pressing plunger has been retracted to its lowermost, neck mold clearance,-parison= transfer permitting' position.

Fig. 12 shows theneckmold and thimble" unit and the parison supported thereby during the course or: their movements away from the plunger guiding, positioning andopera'ti'ng mechanism to efi ecttransfer and reversion of the parison. The halvesof the'body mold are-now wide open. The plunger and the parts of itsguiding, positioning and operating mechanism are nowin the same positions as at the stage 0t operations shown in Fig. 7. I

The hollow parison thusformed may be further expanded,- as in: ablow mold (not shown), into aglass container of the final shape desired, as by the means and the way disclosed in my aforesaid Patent-No. 2 ,289,046-oi J-uly i, 1942; or in any other suitable way. Itis obvious that the configuration of the molding parts operated 'suld stantia'l-ly as dust described may 'be such as to adapt the pressedhollow glass body for some particular use in the form that it has-at the endof the pressing operation. In that event; such article may be given further treatment, such as annealing,ternper ing or the likaand used for the purpose intended without further expansion.

The hollow-glass parisorr shown as having been formed by the operations just described is suitable for further expansion to provide aglass jar:

Structural modifications of Figs. 13,. 14. and .2 5

A-modifiedform of structure that ispanticula-rly suitablefor'use to form a glass charge into a.- parison: suitablefor further fabrication toprovidea mills bottle is shown in-Fi'gs. 1 3 and M. The: cylinder 7' supports an open-topped cylin drical holder 214 having aniupper portion difierent from that ofthe holder M. The plunger guiding unitinclud'es a cylindrical casing r36 disposed withizrthe. holder 21 i and secured in place, as by fastening devices represented by the cap screw l 3-'i.- A thimble carrying'cylindrical plunger: guide 1-38 is ver-ticallyreciprocalfrle inthe casing l-3it and projectsupwardly fromthe latter through a closure ring hi9 which is threaded into the upper end portion of the cylindrical casing I36. Thecylindri'car member P38 has a portion enlarged-at M0 and provided with piston rings I so asto have aclose sliding fit-with' the cylindrical casing I36; The lower-portionof the cylindricalmember ['38, beneath the piston por ti'on I43, depends intoa stationary" cylindrical guide r42; which has an external flangel flr at-its lower end portion fastened at MS toan'" internal flange [44 onthe lower end of the cylindrical casing I 36. The lowerportion of the'cylindrica'l member 1 38 is provided with pistonrings Mien the: portion thereof within the member I42 so as tohave a fluid-tight sliding fitwiththe latteri A spacer I 46 is disposed upon an internal shoulder i4 1 on=-the-lower portion of the cylind'rical member i 38. A- coilspring i 48 surrounds the telescopically relatedp'ortions 'of' the members I38 and I42 and reactsiat its upper" end against the piston portion Min-of the former and at itslower endagainst the" flange l4'9 at the lower end of the latter;

Themember I 38 carries a thimble 2 14? which is held in place thereon by a split? coupling; one half of which is indicated at" IBiif; A suitable plunger 2 l9, having a shape" and dimensions different from thoseof" the previously described plunger I9; is secured to theupper end portion of thepiston rod" 25% An annular seating" plate or ring Pil" is mounted withinand carried by the neck: mold 2"45; This neck mold" is formed in alve which ma be sup e and o erated aspreviously describedi Whem'thesehaIves have been closed and the neck mold has been brought to its molding position as shown in Figs. l3 and 14, it and the seating ring I5I will be in positions to encompass the thimble 244 and the connected portion of the thimble carrier I38 when these latter parts have been raised to the positions shown in Fig. 13. Axial alignment of these cooperative co-engaging parts may be secured by the mating lit at I52, Fig. 13, of the lower portion of the seating ring I5I with an annular seat at the upper surface of the ring I39. Locking means, such as previously described, may be used to clamp these mating parts together. This, as will be apparent, will maintain the plunger, thimble and neck mold in axial alignment with one another.

In Fig. 13, the plunger 2I9 is shown as being in its uppermost or pressing position in the body mold 241. In Fig. 14, the plunger ZIQ has been retracted downwardly past a charge receiving position, indicated by the dot-and-dash lines at 215, to a lowermost or neck mold clearance, parison inversion permitting position. The latter part or" the downward stroke of the piston 2I9 has caused downward movement of the cylindrical member I38 and retraction of the thimble 244. The positions of the parts of the device as shown in Fig. 14 are such that the neck mold 2&5 may be raised, after the halves of the body mold have been opened, to transfer the parison and to revert it substantially as hereinbefore described. At an appropriate time thereafter, pressure in the upper part of the cylinder I may be relieved and. the compressed spring I48 will then be effective to raise the member I38 and the thimble thereon to the positions shown in Fig. 13 and the plunger to the position indicated at 215 in Fig. 14.

The air supply provisions of the form of structure now being described are slightly difierent from those previously described. The air passage I24 in the wall of the cylinder I communicates with a passage 225 in the holder 2 I I. The passage 225 is open at the upper end of the holder 2M but is covered by an outwardly enlarged cap portion I53 of the cylindrical casing I36. A passage I54 in the part 53 communicates through a downwardly inclined passage ISM with the interior of the cylindrical casing I36 beneath the piston portion I49 of the member I38 when the latter is inits raised position. Thus, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 13, air may be applied beneath the piston portion I48 to maintain the thimble 244 firmly in contact with the overlying portion of the neck mold and in cooperative molding relation with the latter. When the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 14', air supplied through the passages above enumerated may pass to the interior of the cylindrical casing I36 above the piston portion I40 of the member I38, thence through passages I55 to the interior of the thimble and thence past the plunger to the interior of the hollow parison (not shown) which at this stage of operations will be supported in inverted position by the neck mold.

Fig. 15 illustrates use of the holder 2| 4 with the plunger guiding, positionin and operating unit and the plunger of the Fig. 1 form of construction. Since the holder 2I4 is shorter than and differs in construction at its upper end from the holder I4 of the Fig. 1 form of structure, an adapter ring I56 is Provided to cover the upper end of the holder 2. The adapter ring I56 is provided with an open-bottomed air chamber 16 or passage I51 in communication with the air passage 225 in the holder 2". From the passage I5'I, air may pass through ports IBM to the passages I21 in the upper portion of the cylindrical plunger guide within the holder 2I4.

The mpdified form of structure of Figs. 16 and 17 V v In a modified form of structure shown in part in Figs. 16 and 1'7, a neck mold 345 arnies a thimble 344 which is mounted in the halves of such neck mold for limited axial movement relative to the latter. A flange 34B is secured to the lower end of the cylindrical body 341 of the thimble, as by the lock ring 348. A coil spring 349 encircles the thimble so as to be compressed between the flange 345 and a thrust ring 350 which has an external flange 35I projecting into grooves 352 in the halves of the neck mold. The spring 349 exerts pressure on the flange 346 so as to tend to push the thimble 34 out of the neck mold. The extent of the spring-actuated movement of the thimble relative to the neck mold isslight, however, being limited by the contact of an external shoulder 353 on the thimble with the thrust ring 350.

The neck mold and thimble unit just described may be used with beneficial results in an assembly which includes a pressing plunger, a neck mold and a thimble all suitably formed and shaped to form the neck finish portion of a milk bottle parison as the concluding part of a parison forming operation, substantially as hereinbefore described. Such a plunger is designated 2I9 in Figs, 16 and 17, as in the case of the like plunger in Figs. 13 and 14. The plunger guiding, positioning and operating mechanism of the form of structure partially shown in Figs. 16 and 17 may, however, be the same in essential respects as the corresponding mechanism of the Fig. 1 form of structure, difiering from the latter mainly in the width of the spacer on the plunger lifting disk 36. This spacer is designated 346 in Fig. 17. Other parts of the structure shown in Figs. 16 and 17 which are identical or substantially identical with parts shown also in Fig. 1 have been indicated by the same reference numerals in all these views and therefore need not now be further described.

After formation of a charge into a parison suitable for further fabrication to provide a milk bottle, the plunger will be retracted downwardly from its pressing position, indicated in Fig. 1'7, past its charge receiving or loading" position to a still lower neck mold clearance position, as in 'ie operations of the previously described forms of structure. The transfer and reversion of the parison may be efiected by bodily swinging movement of the neck mold and thimble unit and the parison along the arcuate path 93 as previously described. At the beginning of this transfer movement, the neck mold will be moved relative to the thimble, because of the action of the compressed spring 345, until the matrix portion 345a of the neck mold and the neck finish portion of the glass parison therein (not shown) have been separated from the matrix portion 34411 of the thimble. Thereafter, these parts will be moved in unison. See Fig. 16. The purpose of effecting this separation of the thimble from the neck mold at the beginning of the parison-transferring movement of the neck mold is to assure clean separation of the neck mold halves from the neck finish portion of the parison when such halves subsequently are opened to release the parison. A milk bottle or other similar nation with an inverted press mold open at its lower end, of a pressing plunger, means for supporting said plunger in vertical position in coaxial relation with said press mold for vertical reciprocations, means for operating said plunger to cause an upward glass charge pressing stroke thereof to a pressing position within the press mold periodically and a downward return stroke after each pressing stroke, said plunger having an internal axially extending cooling space provided with a continuously open drainage passage at its lower end, and intermittently acting means for introducing a predetermined amount of cooling liquid into said cooling space in the plunger during each pressing stroke of said plunger and for preventing introduction of further cooling liquid into said cooling space during each downward return stroke of the plunger.

6. In glassware forming apparatus, a pressing plunger tapering externally toward its tip for part of the length thereof, means for supporting said plunger in vertical position with the tip uppermost for reciprocation vertically between a lower position and a higher pressing position, said plunger having an axially extending internal cooling space provided at its bottom with a contlnuously open drainage passage, an open topped cooling liquid discharge tube extending within said cooling space to a level near the upper end of said space, means for reciprocating said plunger vertically between its said positions, and means operatively connected with the means for reciprocating said plunger automatically to supply regulated amounts of cooling liquid to said cooling liquid discharge tube during each upward movement of the plunger and to prevent passage of cooling liquid to the discharge tube during each downward movement of said plunger.

7. In glassware pressing apparatus, a pressing plunger, a pneumatic cylinder disposed in vertical position, an open lower ended press mold located at an overhead pressing station in axial alignment with said cylinder, a piston reciprocable in said cylinder, a piston rod projecting upwardly from said cylinder and supporting said plunger in approximately axial alignment with the cylinder, means for supplying and exhausting air under pressure to and from the opposite ends of the cylinder to cause reciprocation of said piston in said cylinder, an open topped cylindrical holder supported by said cylinder and surrounding said plunger in substantially concentric relation therewith, and plunger guiding and positioning means disposed within said holder, said guiding and positioning means including 2. cylindrical guide surrounding the plunger, a sleeve reciprocable vertically on said guide, a coil sp acting when compressed to urge said sleeve up- Ward within said holder, a vertically adjustable stop member for limiting the upward movement of said sleeve in said holder, and a vertically movable plunger lifting disk surrounding said piston rod within said holder beneath said plunger and rigidly connected with said vertically movable sleeve to cause compression of the spring on downward movement of said plunger to its lowermost position and lifting of the plunger from said lowermost position on exhaust of air from the upper part of said pneumatic cylinder.

8. In glassware forming apparatus, the combination with an inverted press mold comprising a body mold and a neck mold at the lower end of the body mold, a pressing plunger, means for supporting the pressing plunger in vertical position and for reciprocating it in a vertical path extending from a level below the neck mold through the latter into said body mold in substantially axial alignment with said press mold, a cylindrical guide surrounding said plunger for guiding its vertical movements in relation to said inverted press mold, said cylindrical guide having an annular seat at its upper end, means for supporting said plunger guide at a predetermined level below said neck mold and so that said plunger guide may have a slight lateral floating movement in any direction, an annular seating member carried by said neck mold, said seating member having a lower end portion adapted to fit the seat at the upper end of said cylindrical guide, and means for vertically aligning said annular seating member and said plunger guide and for locking them together in aligned relation with each other.

9. In glassware forming apparatus, the combination with an inverted press mold comprising a body mold and a neck mold at the lower end of the body mold, a pressing plunger, means for supporting the pressing plunger in vertical position and for reciprocating it in a vertical path extending from a level below the neck mold through the latter into said body mold in substantially axial alignment with the latter, a cylindrical guide surrounding said plunger for guiding its vertical movements in relation to said inverted press mold, said cylindrical guide having an annular seat at its upper end, means for supporting said plunger guide at a predetermined level below said neck mold and so that said plunger guide may have a slight lateral floating movement in any direction, an annular seating member carried by said neck mold, said seating member having a lower end portion adapted to fit the seat at the upper end of said cylindrical guide, and means for vertically aligning said annular seating member and said plunger guide and for locking them together in aligned relation with each other, said last named means comprising a pair of pivoted clamping levers and jaws carried by said lever for engaging and clamping together superposed portions of the seating ring and the plunger guide at opposite sides of these parts, and releasable means for holding said clamping levers closed in relation to said seating ring and plunger guide.

10. In glassware forming apparatus, the combination with an inverted press mold comprising a body mold and a neck mold at the lower end of the body mold, a pressing plunger, means for supporting the pressing plunger in vertical position and for reciprocating it in a vertical path extending from a level below the neck mold through the latter into said body mold in substantially axial alignment with the latter, a cylindrical guide surrounding said plunger for guiding its Vertical movements in relation to said inverted press mold, said cylindrical guide having an annular seat at its upper end, means for sup porting said plunger guide at a predetermined level below said neck mold and so that said plunger guide may have a slight lateral floating movement in any direction, an annular seating member carried by said neck mold, said seating member having a lower end portion adapted to fit the seat at the upper end of said cylindrical guide, means for vertically aligning said annular seating member and said plunger guide and for looking them together in aligned relation with each other to align said plunger accurately with said neck mold, said last-named means comprising a pair of pivoted clamping levers having jaws ens a eable with superposed portions of the seat-' ing ring and the plunger guide, at opposite sides of these parts when, the levers are closed, releasable means for holding said clamping levers closed, and other means for actuating. said clamping levers to disengage the jaws thereof from said superposed portions of the seating ring and plunger guide.

11. In glassware forming app ratus, the com.- bination with an inverted press mold comprising a body mold and a neck mold at the lower end of the body mold, a pressing plunger, means. for reciprocating said plunger in a vertical path extending from a level below the neck mold through the latter into said body mold in substantially axial alignment therewith, a cylindrical guide surrounding said plunger for guiding its vertical movements in relation to said, inverted. press mold, said cylindrical guide having an annular seat at. its upper end, means. for. supporting: said plunger guide at a predetermined levelbelow said neck mold and sothat said, plunger guide may have a slight lateral floating movement in any direction, an annular eating member carried by said neck mold, said seating member; having, a lower end portion adapted to fit the seat. at. the. upper end of said cylindrical guide, and having, its upper portion formed: to constitute a thimble cooperative with. said neck mold and plunger to: define an article neck finish; forming cavit within said neck mold, and releasable means for vertically aligning said annular seating member and said plunger guide and for locking; them together in aligned relation to each. other to align said.

plunger with said neck mold during upward movement of said plunger.

12. In glassware forming apparatus, the combination with an inverted press mold comprising a body mold and a neck mold at the lower end of the body mold, a pressing plunger, a pneumatic cylinder disposed in vertical position below and in substantially axial alignment with said inverted press mold, a piston reciprocable in said cylinder, a piston rod projecting upwardly from said cylinder and. supporting said: plunger approximately axial. alignment with the cylinder, means for supplying and exhausting air under pressure to and from each of the opposite ends of the cylinder to reciprocate saidpiston in said cylinder, an open topped cylindrical holder supported on said cylinder, plunger guiding and posi tioning means. disposed within said holder, said guiding and positioning means comprising a vertically movable cylindrical guide surrounding the plunger, a. cylindrical. casing within said holder and; surrounding said guide, a thimble carried by said cylindrical. guide for movement there with vertically from. a downwardly retracted position to and from. an upwardly projected position at. which it will. cooperate with said neck mold and. said plunger to define an article neck finish forming cavity within the neck mold; and means to cause upward and downwardmovements of the guide in. unison with the plunger during only the lower portions. of the complete upward and downward strokes of the plunger...

13. In glassware forming apparatus, the combination with an inverted press mold comprising a body mold and a neck mold at the lower end of the body mold, a pressing plunger, a pneumatic cylinder disposed in vertical position below and in substantially axial alignment with said inverted press mold, a piston reciprocable in said cylinder, a piston rod projecting upwardly from said cylinder and supporting said plunger in approximately axial aligmnent with the cylinder, means for supplying and exhausting air under pressure to and from each of the opposite ends of the cylinder to reciprocate said piston in said cylinder, an. open topped cylindrical holder supported on. said cylinder, and plunger guiding and positioning means; disposed within. said holder, said guiding. and. positioning means comprising a vertically movable. cylindrical guide surrounding the plunger, a cylindrical casing within said holder and surrounding: said guide, the-latter having a piston portion slidably fitting within said cylindrical casing, a thimble carried by said cylindrical guide for movement therewith vertically between. a downwardly retracted position below the neck mold and araised position in contact and cooperative. relation with said neck. mold, means; to cause upward and downward move ments. of the. guide in unison with the plunger during: only the latter portions oi? the complete upward and downward strokes of: the plunger, and means for supplying air under pressure to the interior of the cylindrical casing beneath thepiston: portion of said guide when said guide is in its raised position to tend to maintain said thimble in cooperativev relation with said neck mold and for supplying air under pressure to the interior of said: guide above the piston portion: thereof. and thence around said pressing; plunger to the interior of. the neck mold when said plunger andsaid plunger guide have been retracted dcwn-- wardly from their raised positions.

14.. In glassware forming apparatus, the com-- binationwith an inverted press mol'd comprising separable and; independently movable body and neck. molds: located at a glass charge pressing station, a. pressing plunger, means for support ing. the pressing plunger: in-- vertical position and; for reciprocating it in a vertical path extending from altevel below the neck mold through the latter into the body mold or" the inverted press mold at said; pressing station, a th-imbie mounted within saidneck mold. for' limited axial movementrelative to the neck mold, a cylindrical guide surrounding said plunger for guiding its: vertical movements: in relation, to said invented press. mold, said neck mold, thimble and guide having co-engaging portions when the neck mold is lo cated at said pressing station for aligning these parts axially with one another, and 'spring meansarranged between said thi'mble and said nee-k" mold: to urgethethimble and the-neck mold" axial. 1y apart to the limited extent: permitted-by the mounting: of the thimble in the neck moid when the latter is moved upwardly from said pressing station.

15. In glassware pressing apparatus, the com--- bination with an inverted press mold l'ocated at a fixed pressing. station andhaving a glass chargereceiving cavity open at its lower end, of avertical pressing plunger 'and' means for guidihg; po-

sitioning and operating said plunger to maintain it upright in line with the inverted mold aud tocause an upward movement of the plunger from a. relatively low, mold-clearance position to a higher' glass charge initial contact position at relativel low, mold clearance position, said means for guiding, positioning and operating said plunger being constructed and arranged to permit the upward strokes of the plunger in different cycles of reciprocation thereof to be stopped in the upper part of the inverted mold cavity at levels which may vary among themselves according to variations in the amounts of glass in the respective charges being pressed in said mold during said cycles and to position said plunger at the same relatively low, mold clearance position and at the same glass charge initial contact position in all of said cycles notwithstanding variations in the level of the glass pressing positions of the plunger in the same cycles.

16. In glassware pressing apparatus, the combination with an inverted press mold located at a fixed pressing station and having a glass charge receiving cavity open at its lower end, of a vertical pressing plunger and means for guiding, positioning and operating said plunger tomaintain it upright in line with the inverted mold and to cause an upward movement of the plunger from a relatively low, mold-clearance position to a higher glass charge initial contact position at which the upper end of the plunger projects into the lower portion of the inverted mold cavity to a predetermined level therein and a further up ward movement of the plunger from said initial contact position to a still higher, glass pressing position at which the upper end of the plunger is in the upper part of the inverted mold cavity, and a downward stroke'serving to return the plunger from its glass pressing position to its relatively low, mold clearance position, said means for guiding, positioning and operating said plunger ineluding means operable at will to vary the level in the lower part of the mold cavity of the initial contact position of the plunger without varying the levels ofeither the mold-clearance position or the glass pressing position of the plunger.

17. In glassware pressing apparatus, the combination with an inverted press mold located at a fixed pressing station and having a glass charge receiving cavity open at its lower end, of a vertical pressing plunger and means for guiding, positioning and operating said plunger to maintain it upright in line with the inverted mold and:

to cause an upward movement of the plunger from a relatively low, mold-clearance position: to a higher glass charge initial contact position at which the upper end of the'plunger projects into the lower portion of the inverted mold cavity'to a predetermined level therein and a further upward movement of the plunger from said initial contact position to a still higher, glass pressing position at which the upper end of the plunger is in the upper part of the inverted mold cavity, and a downward stroke from its glass pressing position to its relatively low, mold clearance position, said means for guiding, positioning and operating said plunger being constructed and arranged to permit alteration thereof to vary the level of the relatively low, mold-clearance position of the plunger without varying either the level of the initial contact position or the level of the glass pressing position of the plunger.

18. In glassware forming apparatus, the com- 241 bination with an inverted press mold open at its lower end, of a vertical pressing plunger, an air motor comprising a vertical cylinder located below and in line with the inverted press mold, a vertically reciprocable piston in the cylinder, a piston rod extending upwardly from the piston above the upper end of the cylinder and carrying said pressing plunger, and means to reciprocate said piston in said cylinder to move said pressin plunger vertically upwardly into and downwardly from the inverted press mold, a cylindrical holder mounted upon said first named cylinder between the latter and the inverted press mold, pressing plunger guiding and positioning means within said cylindrical holder, said cylindrical holder having a vertical slideway formed in the wall thereof, said slideway having a substantially T- shaped slot at its upper end open at the exterior of the cylindrical holder and having an inwardly ofiset open-bottomed chamber at its lower end open at the top of the cylinder of the air motor,

and an indicator rod slidably disposed in said vertical slideway and having a laterally ofiset lower end portion depending through said openbottomed chamber into the cylinder of the air motor in the path of upward movement of the piston in said cylinder so that said indicator rod will be raised in its slideway by said piston during the final part of each upward stroke of the latter, said indicator rod being of suflicient length to extend upwardly in said substantially T- shaped slot to the level of the head of the latter when said piston is at the upper limit of a complete upward stroke thereof.

GEORGE E. ROWE.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 608,022 Bingham July 26, 1898 650,722 Jones et al. May 29, 1900 767,935 Good, Jr Aug. 16, 1904 856,067 Johns June 4, 1907 1,350,375 Miller Aug. 24, 1920 1,504,006 Weaver Aug. 5, 1924 1,670,821 Pawling et a1. May 22, 1928 1,693,069 Cramer Nov. 27, 1928 1,729,363 Schwenzfeler Sept. 24, 1929 1,792,988 Kadow Feb. 17, 1931 1,807,857 -Moorshead' June 2, 1931 1,835,646 Crile Dec. 15, 1931 1,878,942 Lob-"p Sept. 20, 1932 1,911,119 Ingle May 23, 1933 1,929,842 Forster Oct. 10, 1933 1,945,983 Rowe Feb. 6, 1934 1,957,410 Miller, Jr. May 1, 1934 1,982,103 Hiller Nov. 27, 1934 2,020,031 Kadow Nov. 5, 1935 2,289,046 Rowe July 7, 1942 2,304,736 Louden et al. Dec. 8, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 409,047 France Feb. 8, 1909 Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,508,890 May 23, 1950 GEORGE E. ROWE It is'hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the ebove numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 17, line 36, for the word to after position read of; column 18, line 54, for glass reed press;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read as corrected above, so that same may conform totherecord of the case in the Patent Office.

Signedand'eaIed'thiS 10th day of October, A. D. 1950.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Commissioner of Patents. 

